Career
Kiryienka finished 2nd in the 10th stage of the 2010 Tour de France, he was outsprinted at the line by Sérgio Paulinho after basically leading him out to the finish. Kiryienka has also won two stages of the Giro d'Italia, in 2008 and 2011. In 2008, he was victorious in stage 19, a mountainous affair leading to Presolana, after spending the day on the attack and registering more than 6 hours and a half in the saddle. In the 2011 edition, he was part of a long breakaway and made it to destination solo in a mountain stage that took the riders to Sestriere. He had more than 4 minutes of an advantage over the second of the day, Jose Rujano of Androni Giocattoli. In 2012, Kiryienka finished third in the UCI World Time Trial Championships.
Kiryienka left Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Team Sky on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.
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